Show t F THE I REAL MAN MANI I L By YNDE LYNDE fl by Scribner Sons Son The Hidden Power Most of ot us never learn what H undeveloped a great powers lie He 1 within our mind and body We Wego go through life Ufe working at about fifty per cent pressure Unless which calls there come a n crisis out to duty the last ounce of j bodily strength and the most fi acute mental energy we go to r 1 the end of lifes life's string knowing 8 not how much of the Creators Creator's 4 gift we have neglected and let et S Sk go goto o 1 k hl to waste the story d The Real Man is If j of a young fellow who had the he thea a f good fortune to face a real crisis when he was twenty-five twenty years ll old It called out his entire rei reserve reserve re re- re- re i serve of strength and courage fc i For 25 years there existed a a smug person hide bound soft I shrewd Then came the i 1 off l The real man stepped out f of that smug and lf showed the stuff that was In him It was great stuff too All of you will enjoy The TheReal i i Real Man It will entertain It will provoke serious thought It may lead you to examine the i inside of your shell of life in search of the real man or the ther thereal r real woman It may help you to discover a way to work at higher t I pres pressure re than fifty per cent centt cent cent- t and if you do you'll know the secret that has made men famous famous famous fa fa- throughout the worlds world's history cc THE TIlE EDITOR J r CHAPTER I. I 1 1 1 Bank Cashier and Society Man It was ten minutes of eight when J. J Montague Smith had driven his runabout runabout runabout run run- about to its garage and was hastening across to his suite of bachelor D anart- anart art art- ments In the KIncaid terrace rl There here was reason renson for the haste It was his regular evening for calling upon Miss r v. v Verda and time pressed The provincial beatitudes had chosen a fit subject for their Illustration in inthe f. f L' L fL the young cashier of the Lawrenceville Lawrence- Lawrence 7 ville Bank and Trust From his earliest r. r recollections Montague Smith had lived the life of the well well d and the conventional He had his niche In thes tho the s Lawrenceville social structure and another an- an another ani i other in the small-city small business world t I and he filled both to his own satisfaction satisfaction tion and to the admiration of all and sundry Ambitions other than to take promotions In the bank banI banIas as they came to tot t him and eventually to make money r f to the demands which t Josiah might make upon a prospective law in had never troubled troubled trou- trou bled blea him An extremely well-balanced well young man rean his fellow townsmen called him one of whom it might safely be beC C predicted that he would go r on his way to reputable middle E life and old age moderate In all things impulsive In noner none r Even in the affair with Miss Rich Rich- lander sound common sense and sober second thought had been made to toV V F stand in the room of Smith did not know what it was to be beh h violently in love though he was wits a i charter member of or the Lawrenceville r Athletic club and took a certain pride M 1 in keeping himself physically fit and up j to the mark marIc it was not his habit to be beI bep p- p I violent In anything Lawrenceville lot expected its young Toung men and young p women to marry and settle down 5 and J. J Montague Smith figuring in a jM k modest way as a leader in the Lawrenceville Law- Law pT 1 youngest set was far too Jy conservative to break with the edi adl- adl r- r Ion on even cven If he had wished to Miss bliss r was desirable In many respects re re- Her fathers father's ample fortune fortu had hadnot cY not come early enough or rapidly enough to spoil her In moments when I his bis feeling for her achieved Its nearest nearest nearest near near- est approach to sentiment the conservative conservative conser conser- conservative young man perceived what a graciously resplendent figure she would j make malte as the tie mistress of her own house houser r and the tho hostess at her own tabler table r Smith snapped mapped the switch of the elec- elec I J j tries and 1 legan e n to lay layout out his evening clothes methodically but a certain i lain tain air of calm deliberation Inserting ri h the buttons in the waistcoat choosing lose hose of the proper thinness rummaging J ing n a virgin tie out of its box In the theS dressing-case dressing drawer S 1 top r a It was In the search for the tie that wt ri Ii he ri foe be turned up a mute reminder of or his Ills nearest nearest Dearest approach to any edge edgo of or the Teal yeal chasm of sentiment a small glove somewhat soiled and worn use-worn with a n fc tiny rip Ilp In one of the fin fingers ers It had bind keen een en a full year since he had seen the tho or its owner whom he had met hove glove only onty once and that entirely by chance c girl was a visitor from the tho West the daughter of a ranchman he hc had understood and she had been stopping ov r with friends in a neighboring t towa Smith had driven over one ne evet evening eve eve- ning In hl hIS runabout to make a cull can D the daughters of the house and Q found a lawn party in is progress tb the west western ern visitor as the guest II pf 1 honor Acquaintance such such an acquaintance as can be achieved In a n short social hour hour had had followed At all points the bewitching young oung woman from the wilderness wIlderness wilderness wil wIl- had proved to be a mocking critic of the commonplace conventions and had been moved to pillory the same in the person of her momentary entertainer Some thrills this young person from the wide horizons had stirred In him were his only excuse for tor stealing her glove There remained now nothing of the clashing encounter at the lawn party save the soiled glove a rather obscure memory of a n face too piquant and attractive to be cheapened by y the word pretty prett these and a athing athing thing she had Imd said at the moment of parting Yes I 1 am going back home very cry soon I 1 dont don't like Uke your smug middle middle mid middle mid mid- dle West Yest civilization Mr Smith lt it smothers me I dont don't wonder that it breeds men who live Jive and grow v up and anddie anddie anddie die without ever eyer having a chance to find themselves Some day perhaps he would tell Verda of the tongued sharp-tongued little Western Vestern beauty Verda and Verda-and and all sensible people would people would smile at the Idea dea that he John Montague Smith was ns of those who had not f found und themselves or that the finding finding finding-by by which he had understood the Western oung young woman to mean something radIcal radical radical radi radI- cal and upsetting could upsetting could In any any anyway way waybe waybe waybe be forced upon a man who was old enough and sane enough to know his own lengths and breadths and depths He Ho was stripping of off his coat to dress when he saw two letters which had evidently evIdently evidently evi evI- dently been thrust under the door durIng during dur- dur Ing ng his absence at nt supper time One of the he envelopes lopes was plain with his name scribbled on It in pencil The other bore ore a typewritten address with the card of Westfall Foundries company in ints its ts upper left-hand left corner Smith opened Carter Vest Westfall's alls all's letter first and read rend it with a little twinge of shocked surprise as one reads the story of a brave brae battle fought and lost Dear Monty it ran mn I 1 have been trying to reach you by phone off oft and andon andon andon on ever eyer since the adjournment of our stockholders' stockholders meeting at three Ve We of the little inside pool have got gott It t where tune tIle chicken got the ax Rich Rich- lander ander had mare proxies up his sleeve than han we thought he had and he lie has put nit the steam roller over us to a finish lie le was able to vote 53 per cent of the tIle stock straight and you know what that means a consolidation with the Rich Rich- lander ander foundry trust and the hearse and find white horses for yours truly and the he minority stockholders Were We're dead dead dead and buried burled Of course I 1 stand to lose everything everything every- every thing hing but that Isn't all of It it Im I'm horribly horribly horribly hor hor- anxious for fear tear you'll be tangled up personally in some way in the mater matter matter mat mat- ter er of that last loan of that I 1 got from the Bank Banle and Trust You will remember you made the loan Joan while Dunham was away and I 1 am certain rou ou told me you had his consent to take my Foundries stock as collateral That part of it ht Is all right but as ns matters matters matters mat mat- stand the stock Isn't worth the paper it is s printed on and well and well to tell ell the bald truth Im I'm scared of Dun- Dun ham lam Brickley the Chicago lawyer they have ha brought down here tells me ine that your bank is behind the consolidation consolida- consolida Ion tion deal and if that is so there is gong going going go go- ing ng to ben beV bank loss to show up on my paper aper and Dunham will carefully cover his tracks for the sake of the banks bank's standing It Is a hideous mess and it has occurred occurred oc oc- oc- oc curre to me that Dunham can put you youn In n bad if he wants to When you made that loan loun you TOU forgot forgot and and I 1 forgot for the moment that moment that you own ten shares of Westfall Foundries in your own name If Dunham wants to stand from under this might inight be used against you You must get rid of that stock Monty anti and do it quick Transfer Transfer Transfer Trans Trans- fer the ten shares to me dating the transfer er back bade to Saturday I still have havethe havethe havethe the stock Looks books In my hands and Ill I'll make the entry in the record and date it to fit This may look a n little crooked crook crook- ed ed on the surface sur but its it's your salvation salvation salvation salva salva- tion and we cant can't stop to split hairs when weve we've Just been shot sl ot full fun of holes WESTFALL ALIJ Smith folded the letter mechanically and thrust it ht into his pocket Carter Westfall was his good friend and the tho cashier had tried unofficially to dIssuade dissuade dissuade dis dIs- dis- dis suade Westfall from flom borrowing after ho lie had admitted that he was going to I use the time money in an attempt to h buy y yup up the control of his own company's stock Smith was thinking of the big bank banle loss and the tho hopeless ruin of Carter Westfall when he tor tore the second sec sec- second ond envelope across and took out the slip of scratch It was wasa a note from the president and It was dated within the hour Mr Dunham was back In Lawrenceville earlier than I expected and the time note had been wrItten written written writ wrIt- I ten at the bank It was a n curt summons summons summons sum sum- mons the tho cashier was wanted at once At the moment Smith did not connect connect connect con con- the summons with the Westfall cataclysm or with any other untoward thing Mr Ur Watrous Dunham had bad a habit of dropping in and out unexpectedly edly Also he lie had the habit of sendIng sending sending send send- ing for his cashier or any other member member member mem mem- ber of the banking force at whatever hour the notion seized him Smith went to the telephone and called up the house The Tho prompt prompt- ness with which the multimillionaires multimillionaire's daughter came to the phone was an Intimation that his hits ring was not entirely entire entire- ly unexpected This is Montague he said when Miss mellifluous Main four six eight eight Mr residence residence residence resi resi- dence came over the wire Then What are you ou going to think of a man who calls you up merely to beg off he asked Miss 1 reply was merciful and he was permitted to go on and ex ex- plain Im Ini awfully sorry but it cant can't very well be helped you TOU know Mr Dunham has hns returned and he wants me at the bank Ill I'll be up a little later on if I 1 can break away and you'll let me come Thank you ever so much Goodby The Lawrenceville Bank and Trust lately Installed In its new ve marble quarters was only four squares distant As he was approaching the corner Smith saw that there were were Tere only two lights in the bank one In the vault corridor and another in the railed off open space in front which held the presidents president's desk and his leis own Through windows he could the big plate-glass plate see Mr Dunham The president was apparently at work his portly figure filling the padded swing He had one elbow on the desk and the fingers of the uplifted hand were thrust into his thick mop of hair Smith had his own keys and he let himself in quietly through the door on the side street The watchman's night chair stood in its accustomed place In Inthe Inthe inthe the vault corridor but It was empty To a suspicious person the empty chair might have had its significance but l I Montague Smith was not suspicious The obvious conclusion was that Mr MX Dunham had sent the watchman forth upon some errand and the motive needed not to be tagged as ulterior Without meaning to b be particularly noiseless Smith Smith rubber rubber heels on tiled floor assisting was assisting was unlatching the gate in the counter railing before his superior officer heard him and looked up There was an irritable note in the presidents president's greeting Oh its it's you at last Is it he her r rasped sped You have taken your own good time about coming Its It's a half- half hour and more since I 1 sent that note to your room CHAPTER II Metastasis Smith drew out the chair from the stenographers stenographer's table and sat down Like the cashiers of many little city banks he was only a salaried man and the president rarely rarey allowed him to forget the fact None the less his boyI boy boy- oy- oy e ex x ii w I 1 Am Not Going to Do What You Want ish gray eyes were reflecting just a shade of the militant antagonism In Mr Watrous Dunhams Dunham's when he said I was dining at the Country club with witha a friend and I didn't go to my rooms until a few minutes ago The Time president sat ba back k In the big mahogany swing chair Ills His face with the cold protrusive eyes the heavy lips Ups and the dewlap lower law v a was the face of a man who shoots to killI killI killI kill I suppose youve you've heard the news about Westfall Smith nodded I IThen Then you also know that the bank I stands to lose Jose a u cold hundred thousand on that loan Joan you TOU made him The young man in the stenographers stenographer's chair knew now very well wh why the watchman night had been sent away Smith saw the time solid foundations of his lies small world world the tho only world he lie had ever known mown known crumbling to a threatened dissolution You may remember that I advised against the making of that loan onn when Westfall first spoke of it he said after he be had md mastered the tho premonitory premonitory tory chill of panic It was a bad risk for for him and for fOl us I suppose you ou wont won't deny that the tho loan Joan was made while I was away In New York was the challenging c re re- re- re joinder It was But you gave your sanction before you went East The president twirled his chair to face the objector and brought his hits palm down with a smack upon the desk- desk slide No uNo I 1 he stormed What I told you to do was to look up his collateral and you took a snap lodgment Judgment t and und let him have the money 1 West Westfall allis is your friend and you are a stockholder older in his bankrupt company You took toot a 1 chance ce for your own hand and put the bank In the tho hole Now Id I'd like to ask what you are going to do about it S Smith looked ool cd up quickly Somewhere Inside of or him the carefully erected walls of use and custom were tumbling In strange |